Audits

Under the conditions of the NRC license, a license holder must permit NRC inspection of the facilities and operations pertaining to the use of radioactive materials and must assist the NRC personnel in conducting the inspections. The timing of the inspections is typically unannounced, and violations may subject the license holders to fines and/or interruptions in operations. In essence, the only mechanism to provide a reasonable degree of assurance that the facilities and operations are in compliance and are likely to pass the inspections is to conduct periodic internal inspections (audits).

Our qualified and experienced health physicists will review all aspects of your radiation protection program and compare it to existing or proposed regulations and industry standards. We also take into account so-called "good practices" perspective when the regulations are unclear or nonexistent. Such approach allows us to anticipate possible objections of the NRC personnel during the actual inspection. Since PHP began operating in 1995, not one of our clients was cited or fined by the NRC! And we want to keep it that way.

As a result of our audit, you will receive a full written report along with our recommendations for program modifications. The audit report includes, but is not limited to, the evaluation of existing written procedures and documents and the rendering of an opinion on whether or not they comply with the requirements of the radioactive materials license and the applicable sections of the Code of Federal Regulations Title 10, an inspection of areas where licensed activities take place and the rendering of an opinion on whether or not these meet the requirements of the radioactive materials license and applicable sections of the Code of Federal Regulations Title 10.